Nir Hod returns to Tel Aviv with first show in 20 years

Credit: Courtesy of the artist and the Nassima Art Foundation

Israeli painter Nir Hod is opening a solo exhibition, “A Hundred Years Is Not Enough,” at the Nassima Art Foundation, 55 Ahad Ha’am Street in Tel Aviv. The show runs from November 16 through January 29, 2027.

It is Hod’s first exhibition in the city in about 20 years, since his solo show at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Born in Tel Aviv in 1970 and now based in New York, Hod has exhibited internationally. His recent projects include collaborations with Dior’s flagship stores.

Abstract oil painting in pink and green tones resembling a water lily pond
Courtesy of the artist and the Nassima Art Foundation

The new works are landscapes set somewhere between memory, imagination and illusion, with flowers floating on silver surfaces and colors and shapes moving between abstraction and figuration. Hod uses chrome-coated canvases, creating reflective surfaces that draw viewers into the work, a nod to the myth of Narcissus.

Colorful oil painting of a pond with flowers and lily pads
Courtesy of the artist and the Nassima Art Foundation

The title reflects Hod’s view that even a hundred years would not be enough to fully experience the beauty of life itself. The painted scenes recall familiar places and moments but resist precise identification.

Abstract oil painting of a pond in green, blue and gold tones
Courtesy of the artist and the Nassima Art Foundation
An artist seated on a chair in a studio in front of a large painting
Courtesy of the artist and the Nassima Art Foundation

His work has been shown at venues including the Israel Museum, the Museum of Israeli Art in Ramat Gan, the Jewish Museum in New York, the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin and the Jewish Museum Vienna.

Abstract oil painting of a water surface with lily pads
Courtesy of the artist and the Nassima Art Foundation

The foundation is open Monday to Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Portrait of an artist seated on a chair, in paint-stained clothes
Courtesy of the artist and the Nassima Art Foundation

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